title: [The importance of homocysteinemia measurement in chronic renal failure].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease. In this study we examined the prevalence of high plasma levels of homocysteine in different stages of chronic renal failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 105 subjects: 73 patients in different stage of chronic renal failure, 31 of them on hemodialysis, and 32 subjects as a control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show high prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in chronic renal failure patients, especially with reduction of glomerular filtration rate over 50% of the surface normalized value.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We can conclude that hyperhomocysteinemia is important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in chronic renal failure patients, according to its high prevalence in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut za laboratorijsku medicinu, Klinicki centar Vojvodine, Novi Sad. veliborcabarkapa@nspoint.net
authors.forename: Velibor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cabarkapa
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stosić
authors.forename: Radmila
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeravica
authors.forename: Branislava
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ilincić
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D020138:Hyperhomocysteinemia / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006710:Homocysteine